Sargent's Cornelius Vanderbilt Portrait Returns to Newport
- July 14, 2009 16:34
Newport, R.I.: A John Singer Sargent portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, painted in 1890, has returned to The Breakers, the former Vanderbilt summer cottage in Newport, a National Historic Landmark maintained by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
The portrait was acquired in late May at Sotheby's. The purchase price of $230,500 was financed from the preservation society's collections reserve, supplemented by donations from Vanderbilt family descendants.
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